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U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council launches health initiative to help Afghan women

The U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council held the first meeting of the newly formed Health Advisory Committee on July 26, 2004 at the U.S. Department of State.

11 Aug 2004

System for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world

Thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), a York University-based group of international researchers are pressing ahead with plans to develop a system for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world.

10 Aug 2004

WHO tackles the parasitic disease Leishmaniasis in Afghanistan

A rapid intervention by the World Health Organization and its partners, the Massoud Foundation and HealthNet International, in Kabul, Afghanistan, made possible by a donation from the Belgian government, should dramatically reduce the incidence of leishmaniasis in less than two years.

10 Aug 2004

New drive to recruit more NHS staff from underprivileged backgrounds

Research shows that 74% of the medical school population come from the highest three social classes, although just 38% of the working age population is from this background. Asian ethnic groups are under-represented in applicants to nursing courses, and there is evidence that black and ethnic minority applicants have difficulty in securing course places.

10 Aug 2004

Scientists have tricked subjects in an experiment into believing that a rubber hand was part of their own body

The findings about the brain’s awareness of its own body will hopefully lead to better understanding of disorders of self-perception, as for example in brain-damaged patients who no longer recognise their own limbs after stroke, or amputees who still experience pain from limbs that are no longer there.

10 Aug 2004

New knee-scanning procedures will provide more accurate diagnosis methods for doctors

New knee-scanning procedures developed by Australia's Monash University will provide more accurate diagnosis methods for doctors and save patients time and money.

10 Aug 2004

Bionomics BNO69 angiogenesis gene discovery published

Bionomics has announced that research conducted by Bionomics and its collaborators at the Hanson Centre of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science ("IMVS") in Adelaide, Australia, relating to Bionomics' proprietary angiogenesis drug target BNO69, has been published in the high ranking scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS).

10 Aug 2004

Retinal findings in children with severe forms of malaria appear related to disease outcomes such as prolonged coma and death

Retinal findings in children with severe forms of malaria (with brain involvement and severe anemia) appear related to disease outcomes such as prolonged coma and death, according to an article in the August issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

10 Aug 2004

Trauma patients who test positive for methamphetamine are more likely to be admitted to the hospital

Methamphetamine use is a major health care problem in the United States, and rates of use appear highest in Hawaii, with 40 percent of people arrested in Honolulu testing positive for methamphetamine, according to the article. Methamphetamine can cause aggressive and erratic behavior, and severe exhaustion can result after a "high", which can last 6 to 12 hours or more.

10 Aug 2004

Elderly people in the U.S. are being inappropriately prescribed medications

In the U.S. only 15 percent of the population is aged 65 years or older, but this group account for 33 percent of prescription drug users. Elderly persons are also more likely to take several drugs concurrently, the article states.

10 Aug 2004

Link between short-term hormone therapy (HT) and improvements in life quality for women with menopausal symptoms

An article in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine explains how a computer based simulation model has found a link between short-term hormone therapy (HT) and improvements in life quality for women with menopausal symptoms. The article also points out that short-term hormone therapy may actually shorten life expectancy.

10 Aug 2004

Discovery could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure

A major discovery by scientists at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure.

9 Aug 2004

Newborns may be harmed when pregnant women take Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and other anti-depressants during the third trimester of pregnancy

Health Canada is advising Canadians that newborns may be adversely affected when pregnant women take Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and other newer anti-depressants during the third trimester of pregnancy.

9 Aug 2004

The smoking rate among Canadian teenagers has dropped below that of the general population for the first time in almost 10 years

Data show that 18% of teens aged 15 to 19 smoked daily or occasionally last year, down from 22% in 2002. Substantial changes in the smoking behaviour of Quebec and Ontario youth are behind much of the decrease, namely lower smoking rates among boys in Quebec and girls in Ontario.

9 Aug 2004

Mexican-Americans have a far higher chance of suffering a stroke than non-Hispanic whites

And, according to a second study published today by the same team, the difference doesn't appear to be related to Mexican-Americans' higher incidence of diabetes, which had been thought to raise their risk of a certain type of stroke.

9 Aug 2004

Wounds on hamsters without companionship don't heal as fast as those on hamsters with companionship

Researchers looked at the effect social contact had on wound healing in stressed hamsters. Results showed that skin wounds healed nearly twice as fast in the hamsters paired with a sibling. These animals also produced less of the stress hormone cortisol than unpaired hamsters.

9 Aug 2004

Testing to ensure that personal radiation detection equipment meets new standards for identifying potential threats

A marathon of testing is under way at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to ensure that personal radiation detection equipment purchased with Department of Homeland Security funds meets new standards for identifying potential threats.

9 Aug 2004

Top consumer complaints about health care in New York State

The 2003 Health Care Helpline Report was compiled from nearly 7,800 complaints received by the Attorney General's Health Care Bureau through its toll-free helpline during a twelve-month period between July 2002 and June 2003. It analyzes those health care-related complaints investigated by the office and issues proposed reforms to address systemic problems.

9 Aug 2004

Binge drinking accounts for a substantial number of deaths each year in the United States

Binge drinking and harmful drinking, including both medium to high levels of regular alcohol consumption, account for a substantial number of deaths each year in the United States.

9 Aug 2004

Hospital anti-infection strategy probably won't work

Hospital patients increasingly face tenacious bacterial infections because microbes found in hospitals acquire resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics. A recent strategy alternating the most commonly used antibiotics has sparked hope of stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance.

9 Aug 2004

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U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council launches health initiative to help Afghan women

System for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world

WHO tackles the parasitic disease Leishmaniasis in Afghanistan

New drive to recruit more NHS staff from underprivileged backgrounds

Scientists have tricked subjects in an experiment into believing that a rubber hand was part of their own body

New knee-scanning procedures will provide more accurate diagnosis methods for doctors

Bionomics BNO69 angiogenesis gene discovery published

Retinal findings in children with severe forms of malaria appear related to disease outcomes such as prolonged coma and death

Trauma patients who test positive for methamphetamine are more likely to be admitted to the hospital

Elderly people in the U.S. are being inappropriately prescribed medications

Link between short-term hormone therapy (HT) and improvements in life quality for women with menopausal symptoms

Discovery could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure

Newborns may be harmed when pregnant women take Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and other anti-depressants during the third trimester of pregnancy

The smoking rate among Canadian teenagers has dropped below that of the general population for the first time in almost 10 years

Mexican-Americans have a far higher chance of suffering a stroke than non-Hispanic whites

Wounds on hamsters without companionship don't heal as fast as those on hamsters with companionship

Testing to ensure that personal radiation detection equipment meets new standards for identifying potential threats

Top consumer complaints about health care in New York State

Binge drinking accounts for a substantial number of deaths each year in the United States

Hospital anti-infection strategy probably won't work

The evolution of OCT for retinal imaging and disease intervention

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